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Technically, I believe only the 3 and 4lb. lines were considered "microline." I believe they added those 2 lighter pound tests to their lineup back in 2010. Before that, 5lb. line was the lightest they made, and is still in the lineup. Don't think they were made any different physically. I'm guessing they have probably dropped them due to low sales volume since it seems like most anglers prefer to go overkill on their braid selection and match line diameters instead.

It looks like they might have discontinued the "microline" line, sort of. That part of the PP website says 'page doesn't exist', but if you look up available line sizes you'll see 3, 4 and 5 lb. still listed. However, going to Bass Pro or American Legacy shows 5lb. as the lightest available. 5lb. PP is what I use for most of my Ned rigging and other light line finesse bassin'. I used 3lb. primarily for panfish, and 8lb. for heavier cover/larger finesse baits like shakey and Slider fishing.

Most ALL lure colors are designed to attract fishermen more than the fish. Fish don't buy lures

Been plateaued for decades...just incremental changes and improvements. Bamboo>Steel>Fiberglass (solid, then hollow)>Graphite/Carbon Fiber with a largely unsuccessful Boron stint back in the late 70s. A little dabbling with Kevlar and Titanium along the way. Now days it's nano resins. Still waiting for the next revolution...

Stick with the 4-6# Fireline if that's what you like. It will handle about anything. If you want to try something else, I can personally vouch for 3# and 5# PowerPro microline. I use it a ton. No sense in looking beyond those options IMO.

Yep, PowerPro here, too

It depends If casting and retrieving to maintain a target depth, then the countdown method is best IMO, but you can use bait weight to adjust speed at that depth. If searching a variety of depth levels, then it's best to adjust reel speed to keep the bait running at the different depths like Charlie mentioned. If dragging or trolling from a boat, then trolling speed and lure weight will be the determining factors. It all sounds kind of easy when you read it, but it is actually a lot more complicated than it seems until you get a good grasp of the factors involved. A Charlie Brewer Slider fish

Seaguar (Tatsu and InvizX) and Toray handles about everything for me.

Oh yeah - absolutely critical Check out a craft store sometime for their glitter options. You'll find over 50 different colors, half a dozen different sizes, then you need the right type: craft glitter, poly glitter, hybrid glitter, glitter snow, or glitter fragments. Then don't forget to choose the right finish/flash: metallic, pearlescent, fluorescent, iridescent, or holographic. That alone is 7500 possible different combinations, and we haven't even began considering the base color of your plastic we're adding this glitter to. I can assure you somewhere in that mix is a color to suit every basses preference no matter where you fish Just don't leave home without the right combination in your tacklebox. Please note sarcasm: If it works for you or seems to make a difference, great ? I've got my favorites, too. I just don't stray too far off that path with my selections.

Just picked up a 12 week old abominable snowman... Just got him from the breeder last week. He a Pekingese, our 3rd now in the last 27 years. Our first two lived to be 18+ and 16+. Last one had to be put down about 20 months ago and it finally felt right to begin thinking about another. He's actually just 4.5 pounds right now. This next pic will be a bit better perspective.

I don't use an app w/my iPhone. Simply search for "resize image" and likely the first site to pull up will be resizeimage.net It's what I've been using to resize all my photos from my phone I post to BR and other forums.

Sunday Afternoon Adventure Hat, same one Rick Clunn and Randy Howell are always wearing, though after looking it up, may not be "Boonie" style. They make lots of other styles too, so sure they probably got you covered. Great hat for the money. Have had mine for half a dozen years or more, and hard to beat the price. Large enough to cover all the important parts, and plenty comfortable.

Also this, from a 2009 interview: "I'll usually have a jig, a spinnerbait, a buzzbait, some type of worm - whether it be a trick worm or a ribbon-tail worm - and maybe a small-profile soft plastic bait like a Zoom Super Hog tied on," Morgan said. "Now I even incorporate a swimbait into that. And I'll have a shaky-head worm rigged up on a spinning rod. I'll have five or six things out that I like to throw or like to fish. Basically, with those baits you can fish shallow, deep and everything in between." "I have great confidence in going out and not knowing where I'm going or what I'm going to use," Morgan said. "I have those five or six baits that I can use that I'm 100 percent confident in. But it takes time to develop that confidence in your baits."

They both bit at basically the same time. They were both already on once I felt the weight and set the hook. Thought I had a good fish...didn't realize it was two fish until I got them in. Not sure if thy both went after it or what...

Several of the fish I actually had to pull over/across the ice shelf ringing the lake (see background pic 2). They inevitably got wedged at the shoreline and coated in snow before I could get down to them and lip 'em. Releasing was fun too, giving them a push and sliding them 8-10' across the ice until they dropped into the water.

Final trip of the year on Christmas Day. An inch of snow the day before, then 20 degrees Monday with 15+ mph North winds. Was curious to see if I could catch one under those conditions. Wound up with 6 Wind died overnight and our high today was 11 deg., so everything locked up on us.

Put the boat up for what is likely the end of the 2017 fishing season. This is the little corner of the boat where all the cut off baits that never made it back into their boxes ended piled up. A nice eclectic mix. Doesn't every boat end up having such a nook or cranny of similar leftover baits? LOL

Fluorocarbon, 10-12# for deep cranking and 12-15# for Traps and grass depending on bait size.

Jerkbaits Did good on blades the day before in a different lake. I always carry all 3 of those baits though in the cold water period.

Got in what will certainly be the last open water boat trip of 2017 for me given the Polar Vortex that's about to hit us beginning this weekend. Was able to swing on several, and most came back with fish attached Good news is today was the shortest day of the year, so things are all uphill from now until next summer! A few pics from today...

A little skim ice on the ponds, a cool sunset, and some biting bass makes for a good evening...

Bluebasser has a good option above. Something like 6# Fireline will deliver great feel, yet have the strength to throw small cranks and such all day, and handle large fish. If you choose to stay with a monofilament, I'd probably either select a thick 4# line like Trilene XT or P*line CXX, or a thin 6# line like XL or any of the fluorocarbons.

How much heavier are you wanting to go for crappie above 1/4-oz.? The line itself won't be an issue, as repeated casting has, at best, a negligible effect on line - else we'd all be breaking off lures on the cast eventually. You can wear down a knot with repeated catches, but unless you're trying to wing something crazy in weight for the 4lb. test, you shouldn't have much issue with a "crappie" bait.

And the winner is.... blade bait!

7 - Tool is ok, but 10 minutes is pushing it. Let's go shorter and faster -Take it dude! 1-2-3-4!